Can anyone advise if they have been able to get a static IP address which shows the location they reside in? I ask a detailed below is my story so far in trying to obtain one:
As a resident in Northern Ireland. My WAN IP address 90.xxx.xxx.xxx shows a location in Scotland. This is causing problems in viewing certain info on sites in Ireland such as rte.ie as they restrict content to within Ireland.
On 13th Nov I requested a static IP address from Vodafone that would show a location in Northern Ireland. This took 24hrs and the new IP 193.xxx.xxx.xx was giving a location in London so no good. Spoke again to Vodafone who after much explaining what I needed agreed to sort it. Another 24hrs till this morning 15th Nov and what had they done but deactivated my static IP and a new dynamic one 81.xx.247.xx showed a location again in Scotland.
Onto Vodafone again both by phone where I was told it wasn’t possible, and then to chat, where the agent said they would remove content blocks (which I know is not the problem) and I tried to get them to give me a static IP address with Northern Ireland location. After half an hour, with the agent stating they were working on it I checked my IP and it was showing 84.xx.xx.xx with Bangor, NI as location. However, I was informed that this IP could not be made static as they can’t give static ip’s with a specific region. This is what the agent quoted "I wish I could do that for you but this is not possible and this IP address given through by government authority." Whatever that means!
So at present I am not any further to a solution but will wait till tomorrow to see if anything updates and the rte website allows access.
Any help appreciated.
